68 Amendments of Erik POULSEN related to 2023/0232(COD)
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The long-term objective of the Directive is to aim to achieve healthy soils by 2050. As an intermediate step, in light of the limited knowledge about the condition of soils and about the effectiveness and costs of the measures to regenerate their health, the directive takes a staged approach. In the first stage the focus will be on setting up the soil monitoring framework and assessing the situation of soils throughout the EU. It also includes requirements to lay down measuresfor Member States to put forward recommendations on how to manage soils sustainably and to regenerate unhealthy soils once their condition is established, but without imposing an obligation to achieve healthy soils by 2050 neither intermediate targets. This proportionate approach will allow sustainable soil management and regeneration of unhealthy soils to be well prepared, incentivised and set in motion. In a second stage, as soon as the results of the first assessment of soils and trends analysis are available, the Commission will take stock of the progress towards the 2050 objective and the experience thereof, and will propose a review of the directive if necessary to accelerate progress towards 2050.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Addressing the pressures on soils and identifying the appropriate measures to maintain or regenerate soil health requires that the variety of soil types, the specific local and climatic conditions and the land use or the land cover is taken into account. It is therefore appropriate that Member States consider to establish soil districts. Soil districts should constitute the basic governance units to manage soils and to take measures to comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, in particular with regard to the monitoring and assessment of soil health. The number, geographic extent and boundaries of soil districts for each Member State should be determined in order to facilitate the implementation of Regulation (UE) …/…. of the European Parliament and of the Council48 . There should be a minimum number of soil districts in each Member State taking into account the size of the Member State. This minimum number of soil districts for each Member State shall correspond to the number of NUTS 1 territorial units established in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council49 . _________________ 48 +OP please insert in the text the number of the Regulation on the carbon removal certification contained in document COM(2022) 672 final and insert the number, date, title and OJ reference of that Directive in the footnote. 49 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to have a common definition of healthy soil condition, there is a need to define a minimum common set of measurable criteria, which, if not respected leads to a critical loss in the soil’s capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services. Such criteria should reflect and be based on the existing soil monitoring systems and level of soil science.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to describe soil degradation it is necessary to establish soil descriptors that can be measured or estimated. Even if there is significant variability between soil types, climatic conditions and land uses, the current scientific knowledge allows to set criteria at Union level for some of those soil descriptors. However, Member States should be able to adapt the criteria for some of these soil descriptors based on specific national or local conditions and define the criteria for other soil descriptors for which common criteria at EU level cannot be established at this stage. For those descriptors for which clear criteria that would distinguish between healthy and unhealthy condition cannot be identified now, only monitoring and assessment are required. This will facilitate the development of such criteria in future.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to create incentives, Member States should set up mechanisms to recognize the efforts of landowners and land managers to maintain the soil in healthy condition, including in the form of soil health certification coto help with the implementary totion of the Union regulatory framework for carbon removals, and supporting the implementation of the renewable energy sustainability criteria set out in article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council50 . The Commission should facilitate soil health certification by inter alia exchanging information and promoting best practices, raising awareness and assessing feasibility of developing recognition of certification schemes at Union level. Synergies between different certification schemes should be exploited as much as possible to reduce administrative burden for those applying for relevant certifications. _________________ 50 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Soil is a limited resource subject to an ever-growing competition for different uses. Land take is a process often driven by economic development needs, that transforms natural and semi-natural areas (including agricultural and forestry land, gardens and parks) into artificial land development, using soil as a platform for constructions and infrastructure, as a direct source of raw material or as archive for historic patrimony. This transformation may cause the loss, often irreversibly, of the capacity of soils to provide other ecosystem services (provision of food and biomass, water and nutrients cycling, basis for biodiversity and carbon storage). In particular, land take often affects the most fertile agricultural soils, putting food security in jeopardy. Sealed soil also exposes human settlements to higher flood peaks and more intense heat island effects. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor land take and soil sealing and their effects on soil’s capacity to provide ecosystem services. It is also appropriate to lay down certain principles to mitigate the impacts of land take as part of sustainable soil management.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) TAs a complement to already existing national inventories, the Commission shouldmay assist and support Member States’ monitoring of soil health by continuing to carry out and enhancing regular in-situ soil sampling and related soil measurements (LUCAS soil) as part of the Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey (LUCAS) Programme. For that purpose, the LUCAS Programme shall be enhanced and upgraded to fully align it with the specific quality requirements to be met for the purpose of this Directive. In order to alleviate the burden, Member States should be allowed to take into account the soil health data surveyed under the enhanced LUCAS soil. The Member States thus supported should take the necessary legal arrangements to ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling, including on privately owned fields, and in compliance with applicable national or Union legislation.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The Commission is developing remote sensing services in the context of Copernicus as a user-driven programme, hereby also supporting Member States. In order to increase the timeliness and effectiveness of soil health monitoring, and where relevant, Member States shouldmay use remote sensing data including outputs from the Copernicus services for monitoring relevant soil descriptors and for assessing soil health. The Commission and the European Environment Agency should support exploring and developing soil remote sensing products, to assist the Member States in monitoring the relevant soil descriptors.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) To maintain or enhance soil health, soils need to be managed sustainably. Sustainable soil management will enable the long-term provision of soil services, including improved air and water quality and food security. It iscan therefore be appropriate to lay downfor Member States to recommend sustainable soil management principles in order to guide soil management practicers.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure that the best sustainable soil management practices are implerecommentded, Member States should be required to closely monitor the impact of soil management practices and adjust practices and recommendations as necessary, taking into account new knowledge from research and innovation. Valuable contributions are expected in this respect from the Horizon Europe Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ and in particular its living labs and activities to support soil monitoring, soil education and citizen engagement.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Flexibility for the management of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites is needed to take account of costs, benefits and local specificities. Member States should therefore at least adopt a risk-based approach for managing potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, taking into account the difference between these two categories, and which allows to allocate resources taking account of the specific environmental, economic and social context. Decisions should be taken based on the nature and extent of potential risks for human health and the environment resulting from exposure to soil contaminants (e.g. exposure of vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, persons with disabilities, elderly people and children). The cost-benefit analysis of undertaking remediation should be positive. The optimum remediation solution should be sustainable and selected through a balanced decision-making process that takes account of the environmental, economic and social impacts. The management of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites should respect the polluter-pays, precautionary and proportionality principles. Member States should lay down the specific methodology for determining the site-specific risks of contaminated sites. Member States should also define what constitutes an unacceptable risk from a contaminated site based on scientific knowledge, the precautionary principle, local specificities, and current and future land use. In order to reduce the risks of contaminated sites to an acceptable level for human health and the environment, Member States should take adequate risk reduction measures including remediation. It should be possible to qualify measures taken under other Union legislation as risk reduction measures under this Directive when those measures effectively reduce risks posed by contaminated sites.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) In order to ensure the necessary adaptation of the rules on soil health monitoring, sustainable soil management and management of contaminated sites, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending this Directive to adapt to technical and scientific progress the methodologies for monitoring soil health, the list of sustainable soil management principles, the indicative list of risk reduction measures, the phases and requirements for the site-specific risk assessment and the content of the register of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201672 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 72 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) The Commission should carry out an evidence-based evaluation and, where relevant, a revision of this Directive, 6 years after its entry into force on the basis of the results of the soil health assessment. The evaluation should assess in particular the need to set more specific requirements to make sure unhealthy soils are regenerated and the objectivewhether the aim to achieve healthy soils by 2050 is achieved. The evaluation should also assess the need to adapt the definition of healthy soils to scientific and technical progress by adding provisions on certain descriptors or criteria based on new scientific evidence relating to the protection of soils or on the grounds of a problem specific to a Member State arising from new environmental or climatic circumstances. Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, that evaluation should be based on the criteria of efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and EU value added and should provide the basis for impact assessments of possible further measures.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid, flexible and coherent soil monitoring framework for allrelevant soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the viewaim to achieve healthy soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to allrelevant soils in the territory of Member States.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘sustainable soil management’ means soil management practices that maintain or enhance the productivity of the soil and the ecosystem services provided by the soil without impairing the functions enabling those services, or being detrimental to other properties of the environment;
Amendment 282 #
(20) ‘soil contamination’ means the presence of a chemical or substance in the soil in a concentration that may bare harmful to human health or the environment;
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘risk’ means the possibility of harmful effects to human health or the environment resulting from real world exposure to soil contamination;
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay establish soil districts throughout their territory.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When establishing the geographic extent of soil districts, Member States mayshall take into account existing land use and administrative units and shall seek homogeneity within each soil district regarding the following parameters:
Amendment 331 #
Member States shall, if needed, designate one competent authority for each soil district established in accordance with Article 4.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall establish a monitoring framework, that may be based on the soil districts established in accordance with Article 4(1), to ensure that regular and accurate monitoring of soil health is carried out in accordance with this Article and Annexes I and II.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States should make use of the expertise of national research institutes and existing national monitoring systems.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) existing soil monitoring frameworks;
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(a b) available data and assessments of soil health in Member States;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) therustworthy and scientifically robust remote sensing data and products referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, if any;
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shallmay, subject to agreement from Member States concerned, carry out regular soil measurements on soil samples taken in-situ, based on the relevant descriptors and methodologies referred to in Articles 7 and 8, to support Member States’ monitoring of soil health. Where a Member State provides agreement in accordance with this paragraph, it shall ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The Commission and the EEA shall, on the basis of existing data and within two years of the entry into force of this Directive, establish a digital soil health data portal that shall provide access in georeferenced spatial format, in line with the regulation 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, to at least the available soil health data resulting from:
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The Commission and the EEA shall, on the basis of existing data and within two years of the entry into force of this Directive, establish a digital soil health data portal that shall provide access in georeferenced spatial format to at leasto the available soil health data resulting from:
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When monitoring and assessing soil health, Member States shall apply the relevant soil descriptors and soil health criteria listed in Annex I, while taking into account national, local, climatic and soil type specificites.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may adapt the soil descriptors and the soil health criteria referred to in part A of Annex I, in accordance withbased on the specifications referred to in the second and third columns in part A of Annex I, taking into account national, local, climatic and soil type specificites.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. If relevant, Member States shall determine the organic contaminants for the soil descriptor related to soil contamination referred to in part B of Annex I.
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall set soil health criteria for the soil descriptors listed in part B of Annex I in accordance with the provisions set out in the third column in part B of Annex I, taking into account national, local, climatic and soil type specificites.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall determine sampling points by applying the methodology set out in part A of Annex II, taking into account risk assessments based on existing monitoring systems.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, based on a risk-based assessment and existing monitoring systems, determine sampling points by applying the methodology set out in part A of Annex II.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that new soil measurements are performed at least every 5 yearin regular, risk-based, intervals.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex II in order to adapt the reference methodologies mentioned in it to scientific and technical progress, in particular where values of soil descriptors can be determined by remote sensing referred to in Article 6(5).
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall assess the soil health in all their soil districts based on the data collected in the context of the monitoring referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 for each of the soil descriptors referred to in Parts A and B of Annex I and and taking into account documented changes in the sampling areas.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall assess the soil health in all their soil districts based on the data collected in the context of the monitoring referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 for each of the relevant soil descriptors referred to in Parts A and B of Annex I.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that soil health assessments are performed at least every 5 yearson a regular, risk-based, interval and that the first soil health assessment is performed by … (OP: please insert the date = 5 years after date of entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A soil is considered healthy in accordance with this Directive where the following cumulative conditions are fulfilled, or when there are harmless or acceptable deviation from the target values, taking national, local, climatic and soil specific conditions into account:
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the values for allthe relevant soil descriptors listed in part A of Annex I meet the criteria laid down therein and, where applicable, adapted in accordance with Article 7;
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the values for allthe relevant soil descriptors listed in part B of Annex I meet the criteria set in accordance with Article 7 (‘healthy soil’).
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Soil is unhealthy where at least one of the relevant criteria referred to in subparagraph 1 is not met (‘unhealthy soil’)to a significant degree and one other relevant criteria is not met (‘unhealthy soil’). If one relevant critera is not met to a significant degree, while all other criteria are met, the competent authority should assess if this can justify that the soil is deemd to be unhealty, taking into account national, local, climatic and soil specifities.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Based on the assessment of soil health carried out in accordance with this Article, the competent authority shall, where relevant in coordination with local, regional, national authorities, identify, if relevant in each soil district, the areas which present unhealthy soils and inform the public in accordance with Article 19.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) defining sustainable soil management practices respectingbased upon the sustainable soil management principles listed in Annex III, to be gradually implemented on all managed soils and, on the basis of the outcome of the soil assessments carried out in accordance with Article 9, regeneration practices to be gradually implemented on the unhealthy soils in the Member Staterecommended to soil managers;
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) defining sustainable soil management practices respectingtaking into account the sustainable soil management principles listed in Annex III to be gradually implemented on all managed soils and, on the basis of the outcome of the soil assessments carried out in accordance with Article 9, regeneration practices to be gradually implemented on the unhealthy soils in the Member States;
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) defining soil management practices and other practices affecting negativelythat significantly affecting the soil health negatively, to be avoided by soil managers.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) implementing sustainabledefining soil management principles in accordance with Article 10;
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8, 10, 15 and 16 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 8, 10, 15 and 16 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistently with the objective of providing the public with wide access to justice. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired and their interest shall be deemed sufficient.
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By (OP :please insert the date = 6 years after the date of entry into force of the Directive), the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive to assess the progress towards its objectives and the need to amend its provisions in order to set more specific requirements to ensure that unhealthy soils are regenerated and that all soils willare aimed to be healthy by 2050. This evaluation shall take into account, inter alia, the following elements:
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The following principles shall applycould be taken into account:
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) when possible, avoid leaving soil bare by establishing and maintaining vegetative soil cover, especially during environmentally sensitive periods;
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) minimise unnecessary physical soil disturbance;
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) avoid inputs or release of non- certified substances into soil that may harm human health or the environment, or degrade soil health;
Amendment 736 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure that machinery use is adapted to the strength of the soil, and that the number and frequency of operations on soils are limited so that they over time do not compromise soil health;
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point g
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensure soil proteductionvity by the creation and maintenance of adequate landscape features at the landscape level;109 _________________ 109 This principle does not apply to forest soils
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ensure optimised water levels in organic soils so that the structure and composition of such soils or the productivity are not negatively affected;110 _________________ 110 This principle does not apply to urban soils